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  1. 50 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    Not sure.  Every trumper I know understands that race is over, and not much reason to show up.  All it takes is a reminder that they could lose the state as well, and they’ll reluctantly get up off the couch. 

    So everyone you know? I’m guessing the Venn diagram of Trumpers and your acquaintances is a perfect circle.

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  2. 41 minutes ago, Mother mopar said:
    18 hours ago, HOOKEM4 said:
    Definitely a bad pump issue. Draining this thing is impossible without total chaos or ingenuity. Good thing I am an agent of chaos and ingenuity.
    Solution, pinch the drain pipe between two 1x's and a clamp, then stick it into a shop vac. Have plenty of towels. There will still be leaks.  Worked like a champ. Waiting for the pump delivery from Amazon. 
    I really can't spend more money this month after paying for 2 kids select baseball, yearly home and auto insurance and a 20x20 concrete pad and metal cover at the ranch. I am not 1%. Thank God I can fix this for 50 bucks. 

    If it's an Amazon part, you will be doing it again in a matter of months. Got burned so many times by fake parts from them on cars, dishwasher and even stove late last year.

    Very much this. Amazon has become a cesspool of counterfeit shit over the last few years.

  3. 2 hours ago, Homesickhorn said:


    The baseball hate again. I was wearing it well until your fatass jumped in and said this shit. This thread sucks.

     

    2 hours ago, Homesickhorn said:


    What really sucked, was that some of us, who weren’t assholes like the ones who picked you last, got laid…a lot.

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  4. 2 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    We donate a shitload each year. It’s just my opinion it should be up to the individual to make that choice, that’s all. I don’t know how that is construed as controversial.  

    Your donations to the NRA, Joel Osteen and the 12th Man Foundation don’t do shit about fuck.

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  5. 37 minutes ago, naija said:

    I sometimes think White folks who consider themselves "liberal" or quite inclusive, have a big blindspot on how these interactions actually work. What the above doesn't consider is how normal and blasé, this is to Black folks.  The currency to be indignant and have a zero tolerance policy for interacting with either MAGA or hard-core conservatives, exists only on the social media hyperspace for most Black people. Do you really believe Black families have some mental fog about the political leanings of say Nick Saban, or even more obviously Mike Gundy? And yet, players have committed to them and will continue to do so. The players are quite well aware of Quinn or Arch, or Nick Bosa. But if you are Black, and work in some spaces, you will just to know how to have real, true relationships with these people and at the same time not be under any illusions of where they stand. I hesitate to use the word, "learn", because you don't learn it; it's just the way things are. People are complex. Peyton Manning likely voted Republican (and gives money to HBCUs). Brady has done a good job of dialing it back lately, but we know what his relationship with Trump is. You would be hard pressed to find two other players that would be as comfortably welcomed onto say a Black (the Pivot) Sports Podcast, or cutting it up with Black athletes as those two. You think Dawn Staley doesn't know or understand that part of Brady?

    But this isn't something special to athletics. If you are a Black lawyer, or doctor, or accountant, or engineer, or any other sort of professional, you could easily point to colleagues from work that are actual friends, that voted for Trump and are gearing up to do so again. Two of my mentors fit that to a tee. Yet, I have no hesitation about calling them for advice on cases/patients, or work issues, or career moves etc. I know they don't consider me inferior or would sabotage me, and yet there is no guessing on their votes for this election. If that seems hard to square, I don't know what to tell you. I'm just telling you, as a Black person, there is nothing out of the ordinary "interacting" with such people. 

    Great post. Thanks for sharing your perspective. To clarify, I was coming at it from the perspective of the white players interacting with their black teammates, not the other way around. In my more advanced age and maturity, I look at it from a different lens than I probably would have 25 years ago.

    As @C-Man pointed out yesterday, a lot of us had perspectives when we were young and dumb that we cringe at now. I hope that’s where some of the athletes of the younger generation are at now and don’t end up with brain rot like Swindell, Street, Clemens, et al. In my middle age now, I can’t imagine standing in front of a black teammate that I call my brother and try to even think about justifying a vote for a person that wants to take away rights and make life harder for people who don’t look like me. That’s just reprehensible in my mind, but I have the benefit of life experience.

    FWIW, in case you didn’t know and I misunderstood part of your post, Saban is a Dem and has been very supportive of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

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  6. 14 hours ago, SHOOTER12 said:

     

    Or if the delivery driver is dicking around on the way and takes way longer than what a customer would driving straight home I think.

    I’m not saying that all delivery drivers are the smartest, but they’re getting paid by the delivery so they’re incentivized to not dick around. They make more money the faster they can complete a delivery.

  7. It’s always weird to see the Law & Order crowd cry about rampant crime then get upset when Dems do something to address their concerns. “Oh, you think this is an issue we should all take a look at and do something about? Cool, let’s do that to assuage your concerns and make our populace feel safer.” “Nooooo, don’t do that!” It’s the same shit with the border deal.

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  8. 38 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

    This is the shit I mentioned earlier re: Paxton’s “investigation” and Drunky McDrunkface.  
     

     

     

    Damn, gotta give credit where credit is due. A Republican, in Parker County no less, with a reasoned and well written dismissal of falsehoods regarding supposed fraud. Imagine if more Republicans would come forward and debunk these stupid rumors.

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  9. 2 minutes ago, YChang said:

    I get it and I understand that my political leanigns don't aign with yours but I like to think you believe being a decent person doesn't equate with being ultra liberal these days. 

    If he truly is voting for Kamala, take the win and move on. At least he’s not voting for fascism. Meanwhile, I’ll be at my newly opened post birth abortion clinic. Business is booming!!!

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  10. 8 minutes ago, Skipper said:

    A board comprised of ultra liberals somehow shocked to find out a few former Texas athletes fall into the other 55% of the state population that disagree with them politically.  LOL.    

    Anyone who’s surprised that a bunch of white athletes who have been told how special they are all their lives somehow end up being entitled assholes are dumber than said athletes.

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  11. 4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    It used to be you likely didn't know your teammates' political views or whatever dumbfuck shit they thought.  Same with your coworkers, your neighbors, etc.

    Then Obama got elected and that went out the window.  And social media. 

    Very true, but I also find it strange that you can play a sport for so long surrounded by teammates that you call your brothers and then support a racist, either openly on social media or just in your brain. These are guys you’re interacting with on a daily basis and going to battle with. On the field, he’s your brother and off the field you support people who think your brother is less worthy than you are. The disconnect has always blown my mind. Perhaps it demonstrates how bad critical thinking skills are in vast swaths of our population.

    2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    money. next question.

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